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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27
They Paid for Their Little Joke.

The story comes from Weldon abouta a
well.known engineer on the Atlantic
Coast Line who is said to be little su.s
perstitious. He feels sad if he fails to
look at the new moon over his right
shoulder, and always makes cross mark
in his path when he has to turn back for:
something that he has forgotten. 1t is.
said that he will travel a mile out ofhis
way to avoid graveyard, and carries the.
left hind foot of q rabbit in his pistol.
pocket. Some of the conductors on the
line attempted to play joke on this en-
gineer a few days ago. They hired 8
coffin from Mr.. Emory, dealer at Well
don, and placed it in the room at the,
hotel occupied by the engineer on his
arrival. It was midnight when his train.
came in and the tired engineer retired to;
his apartment. As he entered his room
he stumbled over the coffin and came
near falling, but striking match he saw
the obstacle and OWNED the purpose of
the jokers. He at once returned tothe
yard of the hotel, where he secured a bill.
let of wood, and ascending to his room
deliberately smashed The coffin into
splinters. The next morning he left
Weldon, and his disappointed tormenton
repaired to his room. When they saw
the wrecked coin they heaved sigh of;
disappointment and chagrin, but gather
ed up the fragments and sent them to Mr..
Emory, when the latter returned bill
for SIG, which the conductors had to-
nov
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27
His Hea1thstone Still Warm.

There is man living near Danbury,
N. G., who, forty-fve years ago, married
and determined that SO long as he lived I
his hearthstone should never become cold.
To this determination he has adhered
With persistency amounting almost to
superstition. He has never slept from
home a single night, has never tasted
food from any other board than his OVID,
and never, at any time, had match on
his premises The fire has never been
permitted to burn out in his fireplace,
nor has be ever used gill of kerosene
oil, bought pound of candles or any.
thing else for the purposes oflighting his
residence, which boasts of only two vim
dows, or rather two holes cut in the body
of the logs of which his house is built,
about by 10 inches. The roof is of
boards and has only been replaced three
times during the forty.fve years. He.
has been three times married and is the
father of fourteen children, all of whom
are living and all married but three. he
has greatgrandchiidreu. he is still in
vigorous health.
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The English Sparrow.

About twenty years ago the English
sparrow FIRST attracted attention in this
country, cage of them having been
brought across the water to New York.
Their fine qualities we're published
throughout the land, when Col. Styles,
then editor Of the Albany Me1cs, urged
their introduction into Georgia to de.
stroy the cotton caterpillar. Colonel
Nelson Tiff, of that city, was probably
the first man in the south to introduce
them, when the country was impatient,
fearing they would not multiply sufi.
ciently fast. Every town was solicitous
for cage of the little tobe salvationists
Of the cotton planter. The sequel is
known. Every town and city in the land
is alive with these birds, and the cater.
pillars move on annually as of yore, and
the little pests are pronounced the great.
est of nuisances. It is almost impossible
to raise head of kaffer corn, millet or
milo maize to maturity in many sections
of Georgia in consequence of their de.
predations. Yet they continue to multi.
ply as rapidly as the Egyptian locust
llarshallviNe, Ga, Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27
The Wife's Pig and Her Money.

The other day re remarked to friend
that had just purchased pair of pure
Berkshires to consume the skim milk
and kitchen wastes, that he should make
their Winter meat of them. He replied
"No, sir; my wife feeds them, and it has
to be good feeder that can beat her !;
and when fatted, they are sold and she
gets the money. We sell about $50
worth each year. I buy the pigs and
furnish the feed, and she does the feed
ing, and the money they bring is hers"
This gentleman lives in town, but he sets
an example it would be well for many
farmers to follow. There would be more
happy farmers wives if they received a
liberal share Of the money they bring in
by carrying slops to the pigs. If they
knew that they would get share of the
money, many of them would succeed far
better with the pigs than their liege
ords.-National &ockman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27
Singing Of Bees-How to Allay the
Pain.

Nearly every boy and girl, whether
living in the country or city, has at some
time been stung, by either bee or a
wasp. At the time of the sting the pain
has SO occupied the attention, that you
did not stop to consider whether the sting
was inflicted by bee or wasp, nor did
you at the time admire the mechanism
by which the sting was inflicted. All
are aware that the sting is actually pain
full, and that it is inflicted by one-the
rear, or tail end of tho insect. Some one
has humorously called this the Cuisines
end" of the insect. ALI should know that
a drop of water of ammonia often called
"spirits Of hartahorn") applied to the
place will usually at once relieve the pain
caused by these stings, as we'll as those of
the mosquito. If ammonia is not at
hand, little baking soda, mixed into a
stiff paste with water, may be applied.
In the absence of both of these, apply a
plaster Of mud. If no application can
be made, the pain will soon pass away
and we may then well consider how the
wound was iDficted.-American Agricul-
fy7,iSt
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A Novel IncensiYo TO Speed.

Honest John Blank was for several
years the well-known Governor of New
England State. Gov. John had a brother
William, perhaps equally honest, though
less we'll known, who was sportsman,
and somewhat given to the cheering cup.
On one of their shooting excursions
William and a boon companion found
that their horse did not trot quite rap
idly enough to correspond with their
exhilarated notions of the proper speed,
aud the companion fired a charge Of bird
shot into the animal to encourage him.
The horse dashed wildly of, the buggy
rocking, hats and parcels flying in all
directions, and William, ruler Of the
storm, shouted with delight: "shoot 'im
ag'in. shoot i'm ay'i. JIe goes adm,'a-
hly.n
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Analogies In Nature.

"Wby should it be. thought with you
an incredible thing that God should raise
the dead?" Things all around us suggest
it. On what grew all these flowers ? Out
of the mould and the earth.
Resurrected The radiant butterfly,
where does it come from? The loath-
some caterpillar. That alabatross that
smites the tempest with its wing, where
did it come from? A seneless shell.
Near Bergerac, France, in q Celtic tomb
under block, were found fower.seeds
that had been buried two thousand years.
The explorer took the hower,seed and
planted it, and it came up; it bloomed in
bluebell and heliotrope. Two thousand
years ago buried, yet resurrected. A
traveller says he found in mummy pit
in Egypt. garden peas that had been
buried there three thousand years ago.
He brought them out, and on the fourth
of June, 1914, he planted them, and in
thirty days they sprang up. Buried three
thousand years, yet resurrccted. "'Yhy
should it be thought a thing incredible
with you that God should raise the dead ?"
Where did allthis silk come from-the
silk that adorns your person and your
homes? In the hollow Of q staff a Greek
missionary brought from China to Europe
the progenitors of those worms that now
supply the silk markets Of many nations.
The pagentry of hammered hosts and the
luxurious articles of commercial empor-
ium blazing out from the silkworms.
And who shall be surprised if out of this
insignificant earthly life, our bodies un-
fold into something worthy of the coming
eternities? Put silver into diluted nitre
and it dissolves. Is the silver gone for
ever? No. Put in it some pieces of cop
per and the silver reappears. If one force
dissol7es another force organizes.
"Why should it be thought thing
incredible with you that God should raise
the dead ?" The insects flew and the
worms cast autumn feebler and feebler
and then stopped. They have taken no
food, they want none. They lay dormant
and insensible, but soon the south wind
will blow the resurrection trumpet, and
the air and the earth will be full Of them.
Do you not think that God can do as
much for our bodies as lie does for the
wasps and the spiders and the snails :?
This morning at halfpast four o'clock,
there wes a resurrection. Out of night,
the day. Il few weeks ago there was q
resurrection in all our gardens. Why
not some day resurrection amid all the
graves ?-Tdlmage
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he delivered very clear and pointed
talk on aEncouragements of Teachers"

he delivered a very clear and pointed
talk on Encouragement of Teachers. :"
Not the least important part of the
programme was the discussion of the
questions found in the question box.
Teachers, patrons and pupils were invited
to make use of the question box and
many Of them did it with will.
Some one dropped in this question: !:
eWill some one give the origin Of the
name Honea Path, and give short his
torical sketch Of the town." Mr.. Wat
kins handed the question to Miss Lizzie
Brock, one Of Honea Paths most intel
ligent young ladies. In few moments
the following sketch was handed in by
Miss Brock: The beautiful little town
of Honea Path, situated in the South
eastern part of Anderson County, on the
Columbia and Greenville Railroad, was
first called Geerton after Mr.. A. F. Geer-
ton of the village. After time it was
called Honey Path, deriving that name
from path which led to a well-known
bee.t tree in the neighborhood. Honey
Path retained that spelling until 1854,
when it was changed to Honea Path by
G. w. Hawthorn, who was at that time
postmaster here.
The first dwelling house here was
owned by Mr.. John Grier. The first
dry goods store was owned by Messes. j.
L. Brock & Co."
P1of McSwain, of the Williamson
Male Academy, is quite an acquisition to
the membership of the Association. His
presence Saturday, and the hearty earn
estness with which he entered into the
discussions were very encouraging to
those members who have been hanging
on to the Association during its dark
days. DR.. Lander's presence is bene-
diction always. On such occasions there
is an attraction about him which every
one feels. This writer will always re-
member his sympathetic aid and wise
.counsels in the efforts to set the Asscci-
alton on foot.
The next meeting Of the Association
will be held at Hunters Spring, about
eight weeks from now, The meeting,
though SO long of, prouisessto to be one of
increased interest, and those who miss it
will have cause for regret.
One of the most interesting parts of
the programme at Honea Path vas the
demonstration by Miss Nora Hubbard of
the plan of teaching small children to
read by what is known as the "word
method" Miss Hubbard had no chart
with her, but by nice use of the black.
board made the plan very clear and fully
demonstrated its superiority over the
old alb method.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27

= Attorney General Earle, on the ap.
plication of the comptroller general, has
given his opinion touching the liability
of foreign loan companies to be taxed on
the bonds and mortgages given them to
secure moneys lent to citizens of this
Statc-such bonds being made payable
beyond the limits of the State. The at
torney general advises that these COM
panies can not be taxed on such securi.
ties.
1t is generally known that the
coeducation Of the sexes is carried on
without limitations in the University of
Texas. The young men and young
women are admitted to the same classes
in every department. and are eligible to
equal degrees and honors without excep.
ton. The regular exercises of the insti.
tuition were resumed OH the 20th ult. with
100 students. sixteen nf whom aro young
women. The university ~ State insti-
tuition.
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Use Of the Weed.

Every tobacconist recognizes the great
change that is taking place in what may
be called in rather new sense the pub.
lie taste. Any average tobacconist,
whose trade is not chiefly among sailors
and truckmen, will tell you he does not
sell one.half as much chewing tobacco as
he did ten years ago. Very likely he
will be unable to guess why it is, but he
can't deny the fact. I asked one of them
about it the other day. He said:
"The change is due to a variety of
causes. It is a great deal more apparent
here in the East than in the West and
South, but it is going on all over the
country. One thing is undoubtedly the
strength of public opinion that it is an
uncleanly habit. tis hard for q man
who chews to keep evidences of it from
his clothes. That fact makes it inevita.
BILE that the habit should go down before
the increasing attention to dress, that is
feature of modern life. Then great
many refined and well.intentioned per-
SONS have waged war against it for years.
It was>inevitable that some effect should
follow their crusade.
"But the principal causes are right
here: There is great deal more dyspep-
sia and stomach trouble in the country
now than there used to be, and no person
can chew tobacco who has weak stom-s
ach. James Parton says in his famous
pamphlet against rum and tobacco that
the stomach will hold cut against the
weed longer than the lungs. james does
not smoke OF chew, and therefore he
doesen't know. Common experience
shows that he is wrong, and doctors SUPP
port the verdict OF common experience.
The action of the tobacco juice, which
trickles down the chewer's throat, is to
paralyze the stomach. 1t will do that
long before smoke will have any percep-
tiblc effect upon an ordinary pair of
lungs.
"Then the cigarette has done great
deal to put an end to the habit Of chew
ing tobacco. The growth Of the cigarette
practice in this county is, as they say Of 3
Western towns, fphenomenal.' The con-
sumption Of cigarettes has doubled many
times over in the last fifteen years. {
About seven out of every ten boys who
are growing. up now smoke cigarettes.
And after boy has smoked cigarettes a
few years he not only has no taste for
tobacco in any other form, but he has no
constitution left to stsnd chewing tobacco. 8
tits curious how boys will take cigarettes.
Ibelieve it is very largely because Of the
fuss that is made about them. 1t has got
to be the common opinion that cigarette
smoking is the most injurious practice
known. That isjust why boys adopt it.
It makes them an object of awful interest
to other boys and to girls. 1t is soothing
to boys foolish pride to know that
people have marked him out as one who
is rushing with frightful temerity to early
destruction. Whether that is the cause
of it or not, it is perfectly certain that
more and more cigarettes are being sold
every year and less and less chewing to-
bacco.
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A Parrot Hidden Near the Coffin.

z - .
The Norfolk and Western train men
tell a good Joke on an express messenger
running between this city and Chatta.
nooga. In the rush Of loading his car at
Chattanooga parrot was put in q corner
unnoticed by him and a lot Of stuff piled
up around the bird. In the same car was
q corpse. After the train. had gotten
some distance from the city and all was
silent the messenger was startled BY.
hearing, "I'm hot! Let me outW The
men say the messenger stayed in the car
only long enough to exclaim: Hanged
if you don't get hotter than that before
you get out"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-27
Another Pool OF Sloan.

EL1zABErHroN, Tenn, October 10
I have recently visited the "poison
spring." discovered a few months ago by
a little boy in the mountains of North
Carolina. The story Of its discovery has
frequently been told in the local papers
how little Willie cleared leaves from a
drain in the rocks to get water for his
father working the corn near by, and the
next morning found that the "poison
oak sores" on his arms had healed whcr.
ever the water touched. "Go back" )"
said the old man, "and wash all over!"
And the next morning the eruption was
gone.
1t is called a "poison spring" either
because of its effects on this eruption or
froln the arsenic it contains.
After the lads experience with tits
healing properties was made.known, the
mountain population aocked to it from
miles around. On a Sunday it seemed a
second Pool of Sloan, with so many
scrofulous, cancerous and liberated peo-
pie reclining along thel banks-fat old
women, bandy.legged men and artless
mountain maidens dangling their shanks
in the healing water. Horses..and cattle
were brought, and on these occasions
there might sometimes be. counted hun.
dred backed nags and CALLED steers
waiting their turn.
1t is wonderful how rapidly the cura.
tive properties act. In forty-eight hours,
sometimes...le less, an angry sore is. healed.
In one instance cancer was drawn out
by the roots. The Sunday gatherings at
the spring soon became nuisance, for
the county. The mountain men brought
"moonshine," and with drinking came
fighting and cutting 1t was in vain that
the better.disposed tried TO make it a
religious gathering; the prayers at the
spring were interrupted and services
often ended in free fight.
When an invalid from Saltville, Va, a
Capt. Thompson, moved up to the spring,
and camped near in tent, be found this
state Of things unsupportable and bought
the property in selfdefence. 1t vas
inclosed and entrance gained. only By
special permission. Then came trouble.
The mountain men declared that no one
man should own that spring, andi if Capt.
Thompson didn't move out they would
move him. A crowd of bullies armed
and went down to execute the threat.
The Captain heard of their approach,
loaded his rifle and took stand by the
spring. 'The first man who enters that
gate," said he, when they came near
"the first man who enters that gate will
be shot dead"
They had mistaken their man. From
that day he was unmolested.
II was scared half to death" said the
captain, but I didn'tl let them find it
out"
The water oozes up into slight cavity
blasted in the rock and is caught and
bottled as fast as it trickles out. The
demand for it is very great, a large portion
being used at the spring. To the taste
the water is pure and very cold, its..min.
eral property being scarcely perceptible,
but its effects are unusual and remarka.
BILE, as, indeed, is the analysis, for besides
the "bromine and arsenic," which give
the water its name, it contains lithium,
iodine, potash and a phosphate.
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The corn crop is placed at about
threefourths ola full crop by the agricul-
tural department report for October, or
at 1 $780, 100000 bushels. This is about
sixth better than was feared earlier or
than recent private estimates. The crop
as it stands, however, is the smallest in
ten years but one, it 1881, when in was
only i, l,1O0,OOO,OOO, and the present yield
is-larger chiefly because of the large crop
at the South, which is 15o,0oO,0Oo bush
els larger than two years ago. The
South will produce nearly third of the
present crop, or nearly enough for its own
consumption, while in past years Of large
yield the Southern States have supplied
a bare sixth Of the total. The great corn
States, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kan
sas, have scarcely halfsa crop, and in
Missouri the yield is not large.
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talon and it was true that no single line
of battle could driyesback one of their
skirmish lines. They were drilled in
long range shooting, and it is said one of
their number killed Gen. Sedgwick at
Spottsylvania Court House, the first shot,
distance of twelve hundred yards.
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The Future Of Jersey Cattle.

The Southern Live Stock Journal,
published at Starkville, Miss, in its issue
Of the;22d ofsSeptember, says:
aThe apprehension is sometimes ex-
pressed that the large number of jersey
cattle will oyerstock the United States
and destroy values because Of the num-
Der being greater than the demand. We
have before us volume %. of the Herd
Register ofst6e American Jersey Cattle
Club, which is the last published volume.
This volume shows that the entire num-
Der of registered Jerrey cattle in the
United States at the time it was pub
liahed (1SS7) was 41,OOo females and
II, 100 bulls, making total 5S,10O.
"This embraces all the Jersey cattle
imported from the island or bred in the
United States for the last forty years.
Estimating only ,one.third of this number
now dead; and you have less than 10000
registered Jerseys in the United States.
This entire number could be easily
handled in this country-which is a
small one, embracing only 275,20O acres
and leaving nearly seven acres to the
head. Deducting 10000 bulls from the
total number of registered Jerseys, leaves
10000 females. The total number of
milch COWS in the United States is esti-
mated at 21 100000. This gives the ratio
of registered Jerseys, one to every seven
hundred.
"The estimated milk product annually
is Z 35O,OOO,0OO gallons, and The value of
the entire dairy product for the last
twelve months is near s5oo,o00,OoO. But
it will be asked what per cent. of the
above amount Of milk is converted into
butter, for the Jersey COW is specialist,
and ser field of usefulness limited chiefly
to the butter dairy. If quantity and
quality of butter coupled with that of
economic production is that no other
breed will convert given quality of feed
into an equal amount of butter-the
Jersey COW stands without rival. Then
what proportion of the above animal
milk production of 1850, 100000 gallons
is converted into butter, for this will de.
termine in large measure the future de.
mand for Jersey cattle in the United
States. Of the above amount it is esti-
mated that 4,OoO,OOO,OO0 gallons-largely
over half of the annual milk product
is converted into butter. Consequently
no serious apprehension of overstocking
the market or demand for Jersey cattle
need be felt until the number exceeds
II, ,O0O, ,OO0. head.
"Prof. Gully, at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College farm at starkeville,
has thoroughly tested the merits of Jer-
sey COWS as butter COWS at the dairy of
thecollege farm, and there, as everywhere
else where these cows have been properly
fed aud cared for, their merits have been
we'll sustained. Their character for rich
milk and golden, delicious butter is as
we'll sustained as that of the Dutcham or
short horns ia for beef. No one can
name the butter breed that equals the
Jerseys up to 1887"
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meeting of clergymen of differ
ent denominations, to the number ofl00,
was held Monday in the Calvary Baptist
Church, New York, and adopted resolu-
t'onsto urge citizens to defeat any polit'
ical candidate who will not commit him
self 10 legislation TO prevent the sale of
linuor on Sunday.
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Next week we will publish an essay
5aesd by Miss Olivia Newton at Honea
PATH On ..T Teachers Helps" We trust
ali the teachers will read it carefully and
with profit.